Megyn Kelly is reportedly out at NBC after backlash over controversial blackface comments

Megyn Kelly is departing NBC after defending blackface during
a Halloween segment on "Megyn Kelly Today," the network confirmed
on Friday.

Kelly's comments on Tuesday, for which she later apologized,
attracted widespread criticism throughout the week.

Megyn Kelly is departing NBC
after defending blackface during a Halloween
segment on "Megyn Kelly Today" earlier this week, the network
confirmed on Friday.

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"Megyn Kelly is done. She is not ever coming back," an NBC
executive familiar with the situation told
the Daily Mail earlier this week. "We are just working out
timing of the announcement but mark my word - she is gone and
will never be seen on NBC live again."

"But what is racist?" she asked a panel on her show. "You truly
do get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on blackface
at Halloween or a black person who puts on whiteface for
Halloween. That was OK when I was a kid, as long as you were
dressing like a character."

"I have never been a PC kind of person, but I do understand the
value in being sensitive to our history, particularly on race and
ethnicity. This past year has been so painful for many people of
color. The country feels so divided. And I have no wish to add to
that pain and offense. I believe this is a time for more
understanding, more love, more sensitivity, and honor. And I want
to be part of that. Thank you for listening and for helping me
listen, too."

"There is no other way to put this, but I condemn those remarks,"
Lack said, according to
a transcript obtained by The Daily Beast. "There is no place
on our air or in this workplace for them. Very unfortunate."

Kelly's NBC colleague Al Roker expressed similar
sentiments on Wednesday, saying: "While she apologized to the
staff, she owes a bigger apology to folks of color around the
country because this is a history going back to the 1830s.
Minstrel shows to demean and denigrate a race wasn't right."

Al Roker on Megyn Kelly’s blackface apology: “While she apologized to the staff, she owes a bigger apology to folks of color around the country because this is a history going back to the 1830s. Minstrel shows to demean and denigrate a race wasn’t right.” pic.twitter.com/nt7YhCRU18